Manifolding machine



Aug. 15, 1933. M Q STERN ET AL 1,922,114

\ MANIFOLDING MACHINE Filed Jan. 16, 1951 s Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR Mara/v c. STERN. y FRANK E PFE/FFER.

A TTORNEY 5, 1933- M. c. sfERN r AL 1, 2

MANIFOLDING MACHINE Filed Jan. 16, 1931 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 J/ 3 I7 22 IN VENT OR MILTON C. STE/P. y FRfM/K E PFE/FFER A TTORNE Y Aug. 15, 1933. c STERN AL 1,922,114

MANIFOLDING MACHINE Filed Jan. 16, 193i 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR MILTON a. arm/v. BY FRANK E. P/Z/FFER A TTORNE Y Aug. 15, 1933.

Filed Jan. 16, 1931 M, C. STERN ET AL MANIFOLDING MACHINE 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 'INVENTOR MILTON c. STERN. By FRANK 5 PFE/FFER Mm.) 'K-MJ A TTORNEY Aug. 15, 1933. M. c. STERN ET AL v MANIFOLDING MACHINE Filed Jan. 16, 1931 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 R Y mm m P R m m WSF T 4 1.P A C.

m A B Patented Aug. 15, 1933 MANIFOLDING MACHINE Milton 0. Stem and Frank E. Pfeiflzer, Dayton, Ohio, assignors to The Egry Register Company, Dayton, Ohio, a Corporation 'of Ohio ApplicationJanuary 16, 1931. Serial No. 509,057

.10 pendent pieces of paper with duplicate autographic or machine made records on them.

It is ourobject to provide a mechanism which will separate the several sheets of the fan folded piece of paper without any refuse being deposited in themachine, maintain the separate sheets in interleaved condition between carbon sheets without injuring the edges of the carbon sheets, maintain those sheets in alignment, and provide a ready means of withdrawing the sheets as well as holding, the sheets during the writing operation... 1 y

Itis another object of our invention to provide a very shallow flat means for accomplishing the foregoing which may lay. on top of a table or counter orform a part of acounter, thus obviating the present difiiculties. in large machines: for recording transactions, such as autographic registers, cashregisters, tabulating and computing machines. i

, In particular, it is ourobject to provide a hat table mechanism of the character described which may form, the top of a table or stand and with whichthe stationery canbe stored atsome remote point where it can be conveniently located. u

It is our object to provide a machine in which the transactions may be put in by'hand or a flat bed'typewriting or tabulating machine may be placed over the writing opening and the rec- 0rd made mechanically. When rush seasons occur in business, it is frequentlynecessary to go to great expense to rent additionaltabulating machines, but, with an-,apparatus of this sort, this is not necessary as :the entries can be made by hand if desired.

When the machine of our invention is not in use, the writing opening can be closed with a cover so that the entire machine presents vthe appearance of a table or countertop over which other transactionscan be conducted.

Referring tothe drawings: s

. Figure 1 is a top plan view of our machine with the cover for the writing opening in open position; i i

i Figure 2 is'a side elevation;

Figure 3 is a top plan view with the sheets in position and the cover removed;

Figure 4. is a top plan view with the sheets removed;

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail view showing the arrangement of the cutters in connection with the sheets;

Figure 6 is a section on the line 66 of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a section on the me 5;

Figure 8 is a section on the line 8-8of Figure 5; and

Figure 9 is a section on the line 99 of Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1. is a frame support of wood or metal having a suitable recessior the accommodation of the guiding and slitting mechanism and for the carbon roll storage as well as the plurality of paper sheets passing from the supply and out through the ejector.

This recess is designated generally as 2. The stack of fan folded sheets in unslit condition is usually located in a remote container as at 3. This stationery consists of a single sheet folded with a series of superimposed folds as at 4, each fold of the main sheet-being designated as 4a-- b-c-dand c. This sheet in folded unslit condition is fed into the machine of our invention beneath the guides 5 over the rollers 6.

Between the lowermost sheet and the next one line 7-7 of Fig- 65 above it. are inserted the cutting disks 7 which arepivotally supported at 8 upon the angular brackets 9 fastened to the frame 1 within the depressionZ. The next sheets above are guided by the guide members 10 which are similar to the guides 5 andthey in turn are separated by the interposed cutting disks 11 pivoted at 12 on the angular'brackets 13 mounted at 14. The single sheet is thereby separated into a plurality of superimposed sheets, in this instance five in number, which are fed between the transverse bars 13 mounted on the studs 14 Each of these bars carries a pair of linen sheets 15 which overlap the top and bottom of the respective carbon sheets 16. between which the sheets. 4b-

' c-d and e are inserted and over which sheet, 4a

18 which has connected to it the lever 19 which,

in turn, engages the plunger 20 which moves the clamp 1'7 upwardly against the resistance of the spring 21.

The carbon sheets are supplied from a roll of sheets 22 carried on the roll support 23 in a carbon supply box 24 in the frame 1. When it is desired to pull the sheets outwardly, the free ends of the sheets are grasped after lifting the clamp 17, pulled the requisite distance and then torn off against the clamping bar 17. "If it is desired to measure the length of pulling out the sheets, the end of the measuring bar 25 may be grasped with the sheets and the sheets pulled out until the end of the slot 26 of the measuring bar 25 engages the stud 27 to limit its movement.

torn off.

Over these sheets and the mechanism for handling the sheets is mounted the hinged lid 2'7 hinged to the frame 1 at 28 and having a writing opening 29. This opening in turn has a cover 30 hinged thereto which can be used to cover the writing opening 29 when the machine is inoperative and it is desired to use the as confetti, is eliminated because the cut be tween the sheets is a clean cut and it'is not a out against a transverse bar which serves to leave the sheets ragged and discharge small pieces. Such refuse soon collects on the machine and between the sheets and prevents perfect,

easy and smooth operation.

The guides 5 and 10 maintain the sheets in position. The linen guards protect the carbon sheets so that the interleaved paper sheets pass freely between them.

' that the bulky stationery may be stored at a distance where space is not at a premium, and all obstructions to work on the counter or desk are removed such as heretofore have existed with permanently attached machines, autographic registers, cash registers, 'tabulating ,ma-

chines, and the like.

The further and principal advantage is that stationery, which is printed in a single sheet and therefore of the same kind of paper and printed at the same time with corresponding accuracy of registration, can be delivered through a machine, neatly severed into several sheets as desired without severing the portion that is not being used and thereby be able to eject a plurality of independent pieces of paper which are perfect copies one of the other and in perfect registration. The diillculty with having precut, superimposed sheets is that they must be printed at different times with differences often in the paper causing differences in'printing and registration and with different supplies of this character it requires considerable bulk'of storageand difiiculty in maintaining alignment, but, by using a source of supply as in the present case of one piece of paper, the severed ends of That indicates the limit to which the sheets should be pulled outwardly before being the sheets of paper, which are being written upon, cannot shift bodily and get the entire sheet out of registration, as the sheet is maintained in its integrity as a single piece of paper until shortly before writing upon it, and, even then, it is still connected to the main sheet of unsevered paper. Hence, all that there-is to do for aligning purposes is to hold the free ends of the sheet firmly during the writing operation.

It will be understood that we desire to comprehend within our invention such modifications as may benecessary to adapt it to varying conditions and uses. Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a machine for making multiple records, means including a frame having a recess therein for guiding a fan-folded sheet of a single piece of paper into the machine, means in the recess of severing the connection of the superimposed portions of the sheet at one end thereof from one another while the inner ends thereof are still connectedto the unsevered portion of the sheet, means for guiding a plurality of carbon leaves ther'ebetween, and manually operated means for clamping the free ends of the sheets beyond the carbon leaves, and a cover with a writing opening adapted to enclose said sheets and maintain them in writing position.

2. In amachine for making multiple records, means including a frame having a recess therein for guiding a fan-folded sheet of a single piece of paper into the machine, means in the recess of severing the connection of the superimposed portions of the sheet'at one end thereof from one another while the inner ends thereof are still connected to the unsevered portion of the sheet, means for guiding a plurality of carbon leaves therebetween, and manually operated means for clamping the free ends of the sheets beyond 'the carbon leaves, and acover with a writing opening adapted to enclose said sheets and maintain them'in writing position, and releasable means for lifting said clamp to enable said sheets to be drawn out of the machine to the extent they have been written upon.

3. In an apparatus for making duplicate records, a frame having a recess in its upper su face and an opening through the frame at one endiof the recess for the passing of sheets of paper into the recess, guides for the sheets of paper on each side of the recess projecting over the edges of the sheets, and a roller in the' opening for guiding the sheets into the recess.

4. In an apparatus for making duplicate records, a frame having a recess in its uppersurface and an opening through the frame at one end of the recess for the passing of sheets of paper into the recess, a guide roller in' the opening for guiding the sheets into the recess, and means extending across the recess at the other end thereof for-clamping the sheets.

5. In an apparatus 'for making duplicate records, a frame having a recess in its upper surface and an opening through the frame at one end of the recess for the passing of sheets of paper into the'recess; a guide roller in the opening for guiding the sheets into the recess,'and means extending across the recess at'the other end thereof for clamping the sheets, said means consisting of a transverse bar having at each end means to hold it against the sheets.

6. In an apparatus for making duplicate rec ords, a frame having a recess'in its upper surmeans engaging the plungers to hold the bar face and an opening through the frame at one end of the recess for the passing of sheets of paper into the recess, a guide roller in the open ing for guiding the sheets into the recess, and means extending across the recess at the other end thereof for clamping the sheets, said means consisting of a transverse bar having at each end a plunger passing through the frame and against the sheets. i

7. In an apparatus for making duplicate records, a frame having a recess in its upper surface extending from one end to a point adja- MILTON C. STERN. FRANK E. PFEIFFER. 

